Jamie Oliver Celebrity Chef Biography Updated November 07, 2016. Childhood Jamie Trevor Oliver was born May 27, 1975, in Clavering, Essex, England. Jamie grew up in Cambridge where his parents, Trevor and Sally, own a pub and restaurant called The Cricketers (still in business). When he was 8 years old, Jamie began working in his parent's restaurant. At age 11 Jamie could cut vegetables as well as any of the kitchen staff. In 1989, at the age of 14, Jamie formed the band Scarlet Division with composer/musician Leigh Haggerwood. Culinary Career Jamie began attending the Westminster Catering College at the age of 16. Later, he worked in France learning as much as he could before returning to London. His first job back was working for Antonio Carluccio as Head Pastry Chef at The Neal Street Restaurant (CLOSED) (one of the best Italian restaurants in England). Here Jamie worked alongside Gennaro Contaldo, who Jamie considers one of his mentors. After The Neal Street Restaurant, Jamie worked 3 1/2 years at the famous River Cafe in London.

continue reading below our video How to Turn Leftover Summer Produce into Jam It was here, Jamie says, where he learned "all about the time and effort that goes into creating the freshest, most honest, totally delicious food." The Television Star The River Cafe was also his big break into television. The day after appearing in a documentary about the restaurant called Christmas at the River Cafe, five television production companies contacted Jamie about starring in his own show. He accepted an offer from Optomen Television to produce his first show The Naked Chef. The title is a reference to the simplicity of his recipes. Two seasons of the show, which also aired in the U.S., were filmed in 1998 and 1999. Jamie's Kitchen was Oliver's second television series. The show, produced by Channel 4, is a documentary that follows Jamie as he mentors 15 unemployed youths (1000 applied for the position). Jamie trains the youngsters to be professional chefs and help staff his first restaurant, Fifteen , a not-for-profit endeavor. The restaurant is still open for business and on its third class of students. Later, Jamie would film another charitable project, Jamie's School Dinners.

This four-part series documents Jamie as he takes responsibility for running the kitchen at Kidbrooke School, Greenwich. It also showcases the Feed Me Better campaign, his crusade to change the poor eating habits of children and improve school meal systems. The campaign was directly responsible for the British government's pledge of 280 million pounds (over 3 years) to improve school dinners. Jamie's latest series (2002-present), Oliver's Twist, appears on the Food Network. The show follows Jamie as he shops for the best food in London and takes it home to cook for his friends. In 2005, Jamie's Great Escape premiered. The show is a travelogue of Jamie's trek across Italy (in a camper van) as he tries to rediscover his joy of cooking. The Prolific Writer Aside from his many cookbooks, Jamie has a regular column in the Saturday Times Magazine, is a monthly editor of Marie Claire (UK), and is the food editor for Britain's GQ magazine . The Good British Citizen In 1999, Jamie and his staff of 15 students were invited to 10 Downing Street to prepare lunch for the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, who was entertaining the Italian Prime Minister.

In June 2003, Jaimie was awarded an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to the Hospitality Industry. The Family Man On June 24, 2000, Jamie married his childhood sweetheart, Juliette (Jools) Norton. They have two daughters, Poppy Honey (born March 2002) and Daisy Boo (born April 2003). JAMIE OLIVER Biography - Theater, Opera and Movie personalities JAMIE OLIVER Biography - Theater, Opera and Movie personalities JAMIE OLIVER Jamie Oliver (born May 27, 1975), also known as the Naked Chef, is a British celebrity chef. Biography He grew up in a small Essex village called Clavering. He formed the band Scarlet Division with Leigh Haggerwood in 1989. His first TV break came in 1996 when he was “discovered” by television producer - Pat Llewellyn - while working at the River Cafe in London. She saw him on a documentary called “Christmas at the River Cafe” - and recognised his star potential immediately.

Two highly successful series of “The Naked Chef” were filmed in 1998 and 1999. And On June 24, 2000 he married Juliette Norton, also known as Jools. The couple currently have two daughters - Poppy Honey and Daisy Boo. In June 2003 he was appointed an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. He set up the Fifteen charity restaurant where he trains 15 disadvantaged young people to work in the hospitality industry. He hopes to set up similar restaurants elsewhere in the UK as well as Sydney and New York City. He recently announced plans to relocate to a country house outside New York City. He told Night and Day magazine: “It’s my wife’s idea. She’s talked about it for three years. I haven’t a clue why.” He has also written columns for The Times. Television shows The first series that featured Jamie Oliver was “The Naked Chef” on BBC Television. The title was a reference to the simplicity of Oliver’s recipes, and nothing to do with nudity. The success of the programme led to “Return of the Naked Chef” and “Happy Days with the Naked Chef".

His work on the Fifteen restaurant was shown as “Jamie’s Kitchen” and “Return to Jamie’s Kitchen” on Channel Four. His latest show is “Oliver’s Twist". His programmes are shown in over 40 countries, including the USA’s Food Network, where he is the second most popular presenter. Rock'n'roll roots of the famous: We used to be with the band | The Independent Features Rock'n'roll roots of the famous: We used to be with the band Loyd Grossman, who is taking up punk rock again, isn't the only public figure with an unsuspected musical past. Robert Verkaik explains the appeal while Andy McSmith names the guilty men Friday 1 February 2008 00:00 BST Click to follow The Independent Culture Some rock bands are inspired by the great rock legends of the past. Others want to rewrite the rules of music. But only one can truly claim to have been influenced by Britain's nuclear industry of the early 1980s. My band, Magnox 5, named after the British-designed nuclear reactor, was formed by four Kent schoolfriends in recognition of the excellent safety record of our local power station at Dungeness on Romney Marsh.

At the height of the anti-nuclear movement, we thought we had identified a gap in the market and unveiled ourselves as Britain's first pro-nuclear heavy metal group. Unfortunately there wasn't a market for metal bands who wore radiation suits and belted out numbers by Hawkwind and UFO. And even if there had been, Devo had cornered it. We had technical problems too. At our first gig we used a smoke bomb designed for outside use only. When we arrived on stage, our small, but loyal, audience had fled the town hall, coughing and choking. Magnox 5 – there were originally five members but one left over nuclear fashion differences – eventually split. The bass player joined the Bristol fire brigade; the singer moved to Spain to become a painter; and I'm not sure what happened to my friend who played lead guitar. But I know the drummer spent a year on a kibbutz before returning to study law. Now I'm the law editor of The Independent. Sitting in the court room, taking notes on a very dry area of the law, I realise that my drumming days were some of the best of my life.

Looking at the array of ex-rockers shown here, I realise that I am not the only one living off past glories. Now that the Government has committed itself to building more nuclear power stations and atomic energy is back in fashion, I can't help thinking that Magnox 5 was a band before its time. Naturally thoughts have turned to a reunion. So how about it lads? We could even change our name to Midlife Crisis. Seona Rising Ricky Gervais: Comedien At least when he created David Brent, Ricky Gervais intended to be excruciating. But between 1982 and 1984, the comedian was one half of a New Romantic outfit from Reading called Seona Dancing. All the evidence that has survived suggests they were toe-curlingly awful. But their song 'More To Lose', which reached No 70 in the UK charts, was a huge hit in the Philippines in 1985 after a radio station started playing it over and over again. According to the All Music Guide website, "in one part of the world, Seona Dancing's 'More To Lose' became an Eighties anthem as ubiquitous as Peter Gabriel's 'In Your Eyes'".

And Gervais did, as this picture shows, look vaguely like a star in those days. Jet Bronx and the Forbidden Loyd Grossman: TV Chef "Taste is Everything" says the headline on Loyd Grossman's official website. As if to disprove this very point, the television masterchef has decided to reprise his youthful role as the frontman with a punk band. Jet Bronx and the Forbidden, a widely forgotten punk group, was formed by Grossman soon after he arrived in the UK in 1975, aged 25. Their first single reached number 49 in the charts; the second bombed. After the break-up of Jet Bronx, Grossman was briefly a member of another band, the Commercials, who released record called "Compare and Decide" in 1980. There is no record of how far up the charts it climbed, which may be a mercy.

Grossman, whose posh accent and neat coiffeur are familiar to anyone who has watched Masterchef or Through the Keyhole, is now rehearsing with a brand new version of the band (called Jet Bronx and the New Forbidden) in preparation for the annual punk festival at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool, in August. "Jet Bronx and the Forbidden grazed the charts at number 49 but palpably failed," he reflected later. "I was obviously never going to be a big deal in punk." The Flared Generation Jeremy Vine: Broadcaster The lunchtime voice of Radio 2 made his first bid for fame as an 18-year-old, playing drums for a group called The Flared Generation. "We were going around Cheam in Surrey in about 1980. It was Cheam's best effort to create a punk band and we got everything wrong," admits the former Epsom College pupil. "We were the ones with the most disastrous sense of everything. All our songs were about flared trousers, sensible shoes and university. We were even featured on Radio 1 as the punk group who were trying to bring back flares.

Yet you look back and you think that it was all tremendous fun." Scarlet Division Jamie Oliver: TV Chef Like Loyd Grossman, the Naked Chef also has a rock 'n' roll past – as the drummer with a band called Scarlet Division. Oliver formed the group in 1989, when he was 13, and they performed across the UK during the 1990s. You can see one of their video clips on YouTube, performing in what looks like an old warehouse. Oliver's publicist, Peter Berry, said: "He has not drummed in Scarlet Division since 2002. There was one minor hit in 2001 called 'Sundial', which got to No 42. "After that, they decided enough was enough. But it had its moments. Of course, the call may come from Loyd that he needs a drummer. We await that call." Black Velvet John Battle: Politician In Parliament, they know him as a former foreign minister and campaigner against asbestos-related illness. Up north, they remember the mandolin player from the 1970s folk group Black Velvet.

Battle recalls: "I went for a concert but it snowed and the train came to a halt at Doncaster, so I hitch-hiked the rest of the way, carrying my mandolin. I arrived frozen and needed a few black velvets to warm up. It was the night my fingers danced." Cruise Ship Crooner Silvio Berlusconi: Politician The Italian media magnate and former prime minister paid his way through university by singing and playing the piano on cruise ships. He has been known throughout his colourful political career for his habit of breaking into song unexpectedly. While he was Prime Minister, Mr Berlusconi found time to write seven love songs, recorded by the guitarist Mariana Apicella, which sold 45,000 copies on CD.

His lyrics included: "With my heart in my mouth/Because your love is everything to me/I know you may make me suffer/But I will never let you go/Even if I have to fight/I will love you until the end." Rebels A C Grayling: Philosopher Grayling, a professor of philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of London, and the author of a biography of William Hazlitt and other books, was once part of the expat rock scene in Northern Rhodesia – now Zambia – where he was born in 1949. He says: "From the ages of 14 to 16, I was in a group called the Rebels – three guitars and a drummer. I started as the bass guitarist but then it turned out that not only could I not sing well, I couldn't sing at all and play the bass guitar, so I graduated to the rhythm guitar. I wore a pair of black, plastic-sided, high-heeled 'Beatle' boots that were two sizes too small. I thought I was the bee's knees." The Reform Club Norman Baker: Politician The assiduous Liberal Democrat MP for Lewes in East Sussex was once accused of being the most boring man in the Commons.

He retorted by pointing out that, for years, he was singer in a rock band called The Reform Club, which worked the pubs and other venues in the town during the 1990s. "It was just fun stuff," he says. "We did cover versions, mainly of Sixties music by the Stones, Hendrix, Beatles and Cream. I have had evenings when I got wildly applauded and evenings when I was booed off stage. In politics, you never quite get either reaction. The band was pretty tight. We made a good sound." Country Joe and The Fish Barry Melton: Lawyer Melton, the public defender for Yolo County, to the north of Sacramento in California, runs an office which handles more than 10,000 cases a year, from driving without to licence to first-degree murder. However, he used to be the lead guitarist known as "Fish" in Country Joe and The Fish, one of the most political rock bands of the 1960s. He began studying law a few years after playing at the 1969 Woodstock Festival.

"What musicians do on the road is watch TV or read books anyway," he said, "so this was just reading books that were more boring." He still performs in his spare time. D:Ream Brian Cox: Physicist Cox, a British high-energy physics specialist who now works in Geneva studying the origins of the universe, was the keyboard player in the 1990s synth dance act D:Ream, whose hit "Things Can Only Get Better" was once a New Labour anthem. He does not hanker after fame, saying: "We have a machine 27km across in which you recreate the conditions as they existed a billionth of a second after the Big Bang. I don't miss touring. It was great fun when I was 18 or 19 but, when you get to 40, there isn't anything you like less than sitting on a tour bus. I don't know how Mick Jagger does it." Ugly Rumours Tony Blair: Politician Has anyone ever risen to such heights of fame after not making it as a rock star?

As an Oxford undergraduate, he was front man for the Ugly Rumours, whose musicians included Mark Ellen, later editor of The Word, who said: "I remember going to our first gig. We didn't have a van or even a car. "We had a trolley. And Tony turned up. He was a little bit late, and he was rocked up in his best outfit, and I must admit that there was this slight wince of pain behind the eyes when he realised that this wasn't exactly the Rolling Stones. "But let it never be said that he didn't get down to it and push that trolley with the rest of us." More about: Jamie Oliver Jamie Oliver Jamie Oliver on Jamie's School Dinners Born TV Show(s) Oliver's Twist, Jamie's School Dinners James Trevor Oliver, MBE (born May 27, 1975), better known as Jamie Oliver and The Naked Chef, is a British celebrity chef. Biography Jamie grew up in a small Essex village called Clavering. His parents own a pub called "The Cricketers". He formed the band Scarlet Division with Leigh Haggerwood in 1989.

He had some difficulties in school due to dyslexia, and left school with no qualifications. He attended Westminster Catering College when he was 16. He spent several years working alongside the London chef, Gennaro Contaldo, whom he regards as one of his culinary mentors. His first TV break came in 1996 when he was "discovered" by television producer Patricia Llewellyn while working at The River Café in London. She saw him on a documentary called Christmas at The River Café and recognised his star potential immediately. Two highly successful series of The Naked Chef were filmed in 1998 and 1999. On June 24, 2000 he married Juliette Norton, also known as Jools. The couple met in 1993 and currently have two daughters. The daughters are named Poppy Honey (born in March 2002) and Daisy Boo (born in April 2003). After a brief appearance on The Naked Chef, Jamie's band Scarlet Division were offered a record deal by Sony. The debut single "Sundial" reached 42 in the UK charts.

But the band could not be taken seriously due to Jamie's fame as a chef — despite having been together for ten years. So the band were promptly dropped by Sony. Soon after, Jamie asked one of his best friends and composer Leigh Haggerwood to write the music for his new show Oliver's Twist. The series was a massive worldwide success and now airs in over 50 counties. With the theme song "Just The Start" proving very popular. He set up the Fifteen charity restaurant where he trains 15 disadvantaged young people to work in the hospitality industry. Plans for similar restaurants are underway around the globe: Fifteen Amsterdam was opened in December 2004, Fifteen Cornwall in Newquay opened in May 2006 and Fifteen Melbourne is scheduled for opening in Summer 2006. In June 2003 he was appointed an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List. He has also written columns for The Times. He is reputedly a multimillionaire. He is also a great proponent of fresh organic foods. In May 2005 Jamie Oliver was named as the most influential person in the UK hospitality industry when he topped the inaugural CatererSearch 100.

The list was compiled by the website of the hospitality magazine Caterer and Hotelkeeper, and saw Jamie beating Sir Francis Mackay, the then chairman of the contract catering giant Compass Group which Oliver had criticised in his Jamie's School Dinners show. Advertising deals Since 2000 Jamie Oliver has been the public face of the Sainsbury's supermarket chain in the UK, appearing on television and radio advertisements and in-store promotional material. The deal earns him an estimated £1.2 million every year. In the first two years these advertisements are estimated to have given Sainsbury's an extra £1 billion of sales or £200 million gross profit. By 2004 the company had made 65 adverts with Oliver. In February 2002 the BBC broke off contract negotiations with Oliver after failing to come to terms. Reports suggested that the corporation was unhappy with his increasing association with Sainsbury's. The proposed series called Oliver's Army, where he would train 16 unemployed young people to cook, was cancelled. Channel 4 quickly seized the moment and produced the series, known as Jamie's Kitchen.

In 2003 fellow chef Clarissa Dickson-Wright called Oliver a "whore" for endorsing Sainsbury's Scottish farmed salmon and accused him of "selling his soul" to the company. In 2005 Oliver fronted Sainsbury's new advertising slogan urging customers to try something different by suggesting recipe ideas. In October the company claimed sales of some featured products had more than doubled. Sainsburys' competitors also noticed a substantial increase in these products. In New Zealand Jamie Oliver starred in a series of television adverts for the Pam's brand belonging to Foodstuffs. These adverts featured Jamie as the cheeky next door neighbour able to produce the finest food from Pam's ingredients. In Australia Jamie Oliver also promoted Yalumba wine in a series of advertisements that bore a similar look and feel to his television shows. In North America and the UK, Oliver markets his own line of T-Fal cookware as well as a line of high end flatware. Television shows The first series that featured Jamie Oliver was The Naked Chef on BBC Television. The title was a reference to the simplicity of Oliver's recipes, and has nothing to do with nudity.

Oliver has frequently admitted that he wasn't entirely happy with the title, which was devised by producer Patricia Llewellyn. (In the UK edit of the show, the opening titles include a clip of him telling an unseen questioner "No way! It's not me, it's the food!") The success of the programme led to the books Return of the Naked Chef and Happy Days with the Naked Chef. His work on the Fifteen restaurant was shown as Jamie's Kitchen and Return to Jamie's Kitchen on Channel Four. His programmes are shown in over 40 countries, including the USA's Food Network, where he is the second most popular presenter. His latest show in the United States is Oliver's Twist. Jamie's Great Escape (also known as Jamie's Great Italian Escape), a travelogue series, was first broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK in October 2005. In 2005 Channel 4 screened Jamie's School Dinners, in which Oliver took over responsibility for running the kitchen meals in Kidbrooke School, Greenwich (the UK's first comprehensive) for a year.

Disgusted by the unhealthy fare being served up to schoolchildren and the lack of healthy alternatives on offer, Oliver began a campaign to improve the standard of Britain’s school meals. Public awareness was raised, and following on from the campaign the UK Government pledged to spend £280m on school dinners (spread over three years). Tony Blair himself accepted that this was a result of Jamie's campaign. Following the success of the campaign, Oliver was named "Most Inspiring Political Figure of 2005" in the Channel 4 Political Awards 2006. Criticism and ridicule Despite (or perhaps partly as a consequence of) his high profile successes, Oliver has frequently been the subject of ridicule by other celebrities and a significant section of the British public. His "laddish" manner and a near-synonymous association with the mockney phenomenon of the mid to late nineties has resulted in him becoming something of a minor hate figure, and the butt of many email jokes (much in the same way as David Hasselhoff).

Much of the criticism appears to stem from a belief held by some that both his aptitude as a chef and his public image are contrived and have been closely stage-managed to appear "cool" and marketable. Another source of criticism derives from Oliver's seemingly ubiquitous presence in the British media — see Advertising deals above. In 2003, Oliver was ranked number 28 in Channel 4's poll of "100 Worst Britons". The poll was inspired by the BBC series 100 Greatest Britons, though it was less serious in nature. The aim was to discover the 100 Worst Britons We Love To Hate. The poll specified that the nominees had to be British, alive and not currently in prison or pending trial. Books He has written several successful cookbooks.

These include: The Naked Chef, ISBN 0786866179 The Return of the Naked Chef, ISBN 0718144392 Happy Days with the Naked Chef, ISBN 078686852X The Naked Chef Takes Off, ISBN 0786867558 Jamie's Kitchen, ISBN 1401300227 JAMIE OLIVER Fifteen The purpose of Fifteen is to inspire disadvataged young people to believe that they can create for themselves a career in the restaurant business. We have had 22 young people graduate and many of them are now working full time in some of the world's best restaurants. It is now two years since Channel Four's show, 'Jamie's Kitchen' followed the trials and tribulations of Jamie's attempts to open a restaurant and create chances for young people. It has been 24 months of tremendous ups and downs. We are now supporting our third group of young people - all of them unemployed when we recruited them, many of them homeless or in care, others living with learning difficulties.

All profits from Fifteen go to the Fifteen Foundation (the charity formerly known as Cheeky Chops), to provide these young people with the working environment in which to expand their knowledge and practical experience. The Restaurant and Trattoria For all reservation information at Fifteen, please refer to our Reservations page or click on the link below for our last minute availability. Please be aware that Fifteen is an entirely non-smoking restaurant. Advertising deals Since 2000 Jamie Oliver has been the public face of the Sainsbury's supermarket chain in the UK , appearing on television and radio advertisements and in-store promotional material. The deal earns him an estimated ï¿½1.2 million every year. In the first two years these advertisements are estimated to have given Sainsbury's an extra ï¿½1 billion of sales or ï¿½200 million gross profit. [1] By 2004 the company had made 65 adverts with Oliver. In February 2002 the BBC broke off contract negotiations with Oliver after failing to come to terms. Reports suggested that the corporation was unhappy with his increasing association with Sainsbury's.

The proposed series called Oliver's Army, where he would train 16 unemployed young people to cook, was cancelled. Channel 4 quickly seized the moment and produced the series, known as Jamie's Kitchen. In 2003 fellow chef Clarissa Dickson-Wright called Oliver a "whore" for endorsing Sainsbury's Scottish farmed salmon and accused him of "selling his soul" to the company. [2] In 2005 Oliver fronted Sainsbury's new advertising slogan urging customers to try something different by suggesting recipe ideas. In October the company claimed sales of some featured products had more than doubled. Sainsburys' competitors also noticed a substantial increase in these products. [3] In New Zealand Jamie Oliver starred in a series of television adverts for the Pam's brand belonging to Foodstuffs. These adverts featured Jamie as the cheeky next door neighbour able to produce the finest food from Pam's ingredients. In Australia Jamie Oliver also promoted Yalumba wine in a series of advertisements that bore a similar look and feel to his television shows. In North America and the UK, Oliver markets his own line of Tefal cookware as well as a line of high end flatware.

Nelson Kruschandl - School dinners - nice one Jamie Television shows The first series that featured Jamie Oliver was The Naked Chef on BBC Television . The title was a reference to the simplicity of Oliver's recipes, and has nothing to do with nudity. Oliver has frequently admitted that he wasn't entirely happy with the title, which was devised by producer Patricia Llewellyn. (In the UK edit of the show, the opening titles include a clip of him telling an unseen questioner "No way! It's not me, it's the food!") The success of the programme led to the books Return of the Naked Chef and Happy Days with the Naked Chef. His work on the Fifteen restaurant was shown as Jamie's Kitchen and Return to Jamie's Kitchen on Channel Four. His programmes are shown in over 40 countries, including the USA's Food Network, where he is the second most popular presenter. His latest show in the United States is Oliver's Twist. Jamie's Great Escape (also known as Jamie's Great Italian Escape), a travelogue series, was first broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK in October 2005.

In 2005 Channel 4 screened Jamie's School Dinners, in which Oliver took over responsibility for running the kitchen meals in Kidbrooke School, Greenwich (the UK's first comprehensive) for a year. Disgusted by the unhealthy fare being served up to schoolchildren and the lack of healthy alternatives on offer, Oliver began a campaign to improve the standard of Britainï¿½s school meals. Public awareness was raised, and following on from the campaign the UK Government pledged to spend ï¿½280m on school dinners (spread over three years). Tony Blair himself accepted that this was a result of Jamie's campaign. Following the success of the campaign, Oliver was named "Most Inspiring Political Figure of 2005" in the Channel 4 Political Awards 2006. Criticism and ridicule Despite (or perhaps partly as a consequence of) his high profile successes, Oliver has frequently been the subject of ridicule by other celebrities and a significant section of the British public.

His "laddish" manner and a near-synonymous association with the mockney phenomenon of the mid to late nineties has resulted in him becoming something of a minor hate figure, and the butt of many email jokes (much in the same way as David Hasselhoff). Much of the criticism appears to stem from a belief held by some that both his aptitude as a chef and his public image are contrived and have been closely stage-managed to appear "cool" and marketable. Another source of criticism derives from Oliver's seemingly ubiquitous presence in the British media ï¿½ see Advertising deals above. In 2003, Oliver was ranked number 28 in Channel 4's poll of "100 Worst Britons". The poll was inspired by the BBC series 100 Greatest Britons, though it was less serious in nature. The aim was to discover the 100 Worst Britons We Love To Hate. The poll specified that the nominees had to be British, alive and not currently in prison or pending trial. Jamie Oliver Biography - Childhood, Life Achievements & Timeline Food Experts Jamie Oliver Biography Jamie Oliver is a famous chef, restaurateur, author of cookery books and media personality.

Go through this biography to learn more about his profile, childhood, life and timeline. Quick Facts Juliette Norton children Buddy Bear Maurice Oliver, Petal Blossom Rainbow Oliver, Poppy Honey Rosie Oliver, Daisy Boo Pamela Oliver education 2003 - MBE (Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) - British Book Award Image Credit Jamie Oliver is a famous British chef, restaurateur, author of cookery books, and media personality. The appeal and reach of many of Jamie Oliverâs dishes lies in the simplicity of his recipes and the relatively short preparation time for each of his dishes. His speciality is Italian cuisine. Fans and followers throughout the world have re-discovered the joy of cooking through his many fresh and delicious dishes and his countless books. An outspoken campaigner for a healthy system of cooking foods and maintaining a balanced diet, he has had a love-hate relationship with his viewers and critics and has become a popular media magnate. He has also appeared on a number of food and cooking-related reality shows, where he was called for his expertise and guidance or as a judge. He ardently rages an unrelenting crusade against unhealthy eating through his television shows, and cookbooks.

A passionate supporter of the use of local produce and quality ingredients in cooking, his activism has resulted in him going head-to-head with residents of cities and animal rights groups. Although he started his career as a pastry chef, he now owns and co-owns several leading restaurants, related enterprises and non-profit organizations throughout the world. To learn more information about this remarkable chef and businessman, scroll further. Childhood & Early Life Jamie Trevor Oliver was born to Trevor and Sally, owners of a pub and restaurant called âThe Cricketersâ, where he began working at the age of 8. By the time he was 11, he could outdo the kitchen staff with his chopping skills. In 1989, at the age of 14, Jamie formed the band, âScarlet Divisionâ with composer and musician, Leigh Haggerwood. Two years later, after an ordinary school life at Newport Free Grammar School, he joined Westminster Catering College and then, obtained a City and Guilds National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) in home economics.

Career Although, he started his career as a pastry chef at Antonio Carluccio's Neal's Yard under his mentor Gennaro Contaldo, it was as a sous chef at âThe River Cafeâ that Jamie Oliver was recognized and was catapulted onto a world cooking platform. His show, âThe Naked Chefâ debuted on BBC Two on April 14, 1999 and ran for three seasons. In 2000, he launched âPukka Tukkaâ on Channel 4 and signed a $2-million deal with the UK supermarket chain Sainsbury's. Although it made him richer by $1.2 million every year, the relationship soured due to his disdain for supermarkets. In 2002, his show, âJamieâs Kitchenâ, a documentary series, had a successful run. The show followed Jamie Oliver as he as he attempts to train a group of fifteen disadvantaged youth. The concept of the show included that those who complete the course will be offered jobs at Oliver's new restaurant âFifteenâ. Out of the fifteen contestant five managed to secure a job.

In 2003, the four-part sequel to âJamieâs Kitchenâ, âReturn to Jamieâs Kitchenâ was launched. He was voted the âMost Inspiring Political Figureâ for the âFeed Me Betterâ campaign that worked toward cutting out junk food in the diets of British schoolchildren. The British Government pledged to $280 million on school dinners. âJamie's Great Italian Escapeâ was a six-part travelogue series released in 2005, wherein the chef travelled around Italy in a blue VW van and his personal experiences and adventures with cooking. The following year, âJamieâs Kitchen Australiaâ was aired in Australia. In June 2008, he launched âJamie's Italianâ, a business venture in England and followed it up with âJamie's Fowl Dinnersâ the same year. âJamie Saves Our Baconâ, which aired in 2009, drew the worldâs attention to pig farming in the UK and EU.

He followed that up with âJamieâs American Road Tripâ and âJamieâs Family Christmasâ. Later that year, he raised $22 million to fund his Italian restaurants in Asia. âJamie Oliver's Food Revolutionâ aired in 2010, attempted to improve eating habits of city residents. For the first season, Oliver visited Huntington, West Virginia, statistically one of the unhealthiest cities in the US. The show won an Emmy for Outstanding Reality Programme. For the second season to be aired in 2011, Oliver chose Los Angeles. However, his attempts to make changes in school meals in Los Angeles were rebuffed and he was barred from shooting there and the show was cancelled. âJamie's 30-Minute Mealsâ aired in 2010, focused on simple, home-cooked meals that could be assembled in 30 minutes. 2011 was a particularly hectic year for Oliver.

He worked on âJamieâs Dream Schoolâ, âJamieâs Fish Supperâ, âJamie Cooks Summerâ, and âJamieâs Britainâ. In 2012, he appeared on MasterChef Australia and scored higher than the three contestants he was up against. He also worked on âJamie's 15-Minute Mealsâ, âJamie & Jimmyâs Food Fight Clubâ, and invested in the Maison Publique, Montreal. In 2013, he became the chef and proprietor of âJamie Oliverâs Dinerâ. Major Works His first TV series The Naked Chef that ran from 1999 to 2001, dealt with simple yet delicious dishes that could be cooked easily. The success of the programme led to the publication of the books, âReturn of the Naked Chefâ and âHappy Days with the Naked Chefâ. Awards & Achievements In 2003, this celebrity chef was awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours.

In 2009, he was awarded the 2010 TED Prize for his campaign to ban unhealthy food in British schools. In 2013, Jamie Oliver was inducted into the âCulinary Hall of Fameâ. Personal Life & Legacy Oliver married former model Juliette Norton, in 2000. They have four children; Poppy Daisy, Petal and Buddy. Trivia This popular chef is dyslexic. He read his first novel âCatching Fireâ, for the first time in 2013, at the age of 38. In 2005, he received flak from animal rights groups for slaughtering a fully conscious lamb on his TV show. In 2010, he joined several other celebrity chefs to raise awareness of the discarding of saltwater fish.

Translate this page to Spanish, French, Hindi, Portuguese Pictures of Jamie Oliver Jamie Oliver: Quotes, Life and Career, Family, Notable Career Milestones, Charity and Campaigning, Advertising, Television Shows, Other Television Appearances, Live Shows, Controversy and Criticism, Scarlet Division, Table Tennis, Pop Culture, Books, Further Reading, and a List of Books by Author Jamie Oliver Quotes more ï¿½ ï¿½ less "All I ever wanted to do was to make food accessible to everyone; to show that you can make mistakes - I do all the time - but it doesn't matter.""I like ties but I prefer not to wear one when I'm nervous.""Stop being a vegan and start enjoying what you eat.""What I've enjoyed most, though, is meeting people who have a real interest in food and sharing ideas with them. Good food is a global thing and I find that there is always something new and amazing to learn - I love it!" Life and Career more ï¿½ ï¿½ less Jamie Oliver was brought up in Clavering, Essex, England, where his parents ran a pub, "The Cricketers", and used to practice in the kitchen.

He was educated at Newport Free Grammar School. He left school at 16 without any qualifications to attend Westminster Catering College. His first job was as a pastry chef at Antonio Carluccio's Neal's Yard restaurant, where he first gained experience of Italian cuisine. Oliver then moved to The River Cafï¿½, Fulham, as a sous chef, where he was noticed by the BBC in 1999 when his show The Naked Chef debuted and his cookbook became a number one best-seller in the UK. That same year, Oliver was invited to prepare lunch for then Prime Minister Tony Blair at No. 10 Downing Street. Family more ï¿½ ï¿½ less On 24 June 2000, Oliver married former model Juliette Norton. The couple met in 1993 and have four children: Poppy Honey Oliver (b. March 18, 2002), Daisy Boo Oliver (b. April 10, 2003), Petal Blossom Rainbow Oliver (b. April 3, 2009) and Buddy Bear Maurice (b. September 15, 2010).

Oliver announced the births of the two youngest children on Twitter. The family lives in Clavering, Essex.Oliver is of partial Sudanese ancestry. Notable Career Milestones more ï¿½ ï¿½ less In 2000, Oliver became the face of UK supermarket chain Sainsbury's through an endorsement deal worth ï¿½2 million a year. Putting up his house as collateral without telling his wife, Oliver created the Fifteen Foundation in 2002. Each year, 15 young adults who have a disadvantaged background, criminal record or history of drug abuse, are trained in the restaurant business. In 2003, he was awarded an MBE. In 2005, he initiated a campaign called "Feed me Better" in order to move British schoolchildren towards eating healthy foods and cutting junk food. As a result, the British government also pledged to address the issue. Delving into politics to push for changes in nutrition resulted in people voting him as the "Most Inspiring Political Figure of 2005," according to a Channel 4 News annual viewer poll.

His emphasis on cooking healthily continued as he created "Jamie's Ministry of Food," a television series where Oliver traveled to inspire everyday people in Rotherham, Yorkshire to cook healthy meals. His latest television series is "Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution" (2009), where he travels to Huntington, West Virginia to change the way Americans eat and address their dependence on fast food. Oliver's holding company, Sweet As Candy, has made enough profit for Jamie to have been listed on The Sunday Times list of richest Britons under 30. It was reported in October 2009 that Oliver is in the process of raising $22 million to help fund 30 of his Italian restaurants in Asia. In December 2009, Oliver received the 2010 TED Prize. Opening on 3 November 2010, at the new City of London development, One New Change, is Jamie Oliver's, 200-seat restaurant, Barbecoa. Charity and Campaigning more ï¿½ ï¿½ less Oliver conceived and established the Fifteen charity restaurant where he trained 15 disadvantaged young people to work in the hospitality industry.

Following the success of the original restaurant in London, more Fifteens have opened around the globe: Fifteen Amsterdam opened in December 2004, Fifteen Cornwall in Newquay opened in May 2006, and Fifteen Melbourne opened in September 2006 with Australian friend and fellow chef Tobie Puttock. Oliver then began a formal campaign to ban unhealthy food in British schools and get children eating fresh, tasty, nutritious food instead. Oliver's efforts to bring radical change to the school meals system, chronicled in the series "Jamie's School Dinners", challenged the junk food culture by showing schools they could serve healthy, cost-efficient meals that kids enjoyed eating. Jamie's efforts brought the subject of school dinners to the political forefront and changed the types of food served in schools. In June 2003 Oliver was awarded the MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List. He has also written columns for The Times. A great proponent of fresh organic foods, Oliver was named the most influential person in the UK hospitality industry when he topped the inaugural Caterersearch.com 100 in May 2005.

The list placed Oliver higher than Sir Francis Mackay, the then-chairman of the contract catering giant, Compass Group, which Oliver had soundly criticised in "Jamie's School Dinners". In 2006, Oliver dropped to second on the list behind fellow celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay. July 2010 saw Jamie regain the top spot and has been named as the most powerful and influential person in the UK hospitality industry once again. In December 2009 Oliver was awarded the 2010 TED Prize for his campaigns to "create change on both the individual and governmental level" in order to "bring attention to the changes Englanders and now Americans need to make in their lifestyles and diet." Oliver is a patron of environmental charity Trees for Cities. Advertising more ï¿½ ï¿½ less From 1998, Oliver was the public face of the Sainsbury's supermarket chain in the UK, appearing on television and radio advertisements and in-store promotional material. The deal earned him an estimated ï¿½1.2 million every year. By 2004, the company had made 65 advertisements with Oliver, but this arrangement has not been without controversy.

Oliver was reported to have admitted that he doesn't use supermarkets, saying “For any chef, supermarkets are like a factory. I buy from specialist growers, organic suppliers and farmers". He was also said to have been criticised by Sainsbury's CEO Justin King, when he slammed the "junk" sold by supermarkets which ends up in the lunchboxes of millions of children. King reportedly hit back, saying: "Dictating to people ... or unleashing an expletive-filled tirade ... is not the way to get engagement." Oliver has also promoted a line of non-stick pans and cookware for Tefal, and has appeared in Australian television commercials for Yalumba wines, using Del Boy's catchphrase of "Lovely Jubbly". Television Shows more ï¿½ ï¿½ less Oliver's programmes are shown in over 40 countries, including the USA's Food Network. Oliver's Twist and "Pukka Tukka" picked up where "The Naked Chef" left off. More recently, Jamie has been doing series based on campaigns to improve food in schools and cooking skills of the average person. The Naked Chef (1998—1999) was Jamie Oliver's first series.

The title was a reference to the simplicity of Oliver's recipes, and has nothing to do with nudity. Oliver has frequently admitted that he wasn't entirely happy with the title, which was devised by producer Patricia Llewellyn. (In the UK edit of the show, the opening titles include a clip of him telling an unseen questioner, "No way! It's not me, it's the food!") The success of the programme led to the books Return of the Naked Chef and Happy Days with the Naked Chef.

Series Guide Series 1 — 6 editions — 14 April 1999 to 16 June 1999 Series 2 — 8 editions — 12 April 2000 to 31 May 2000 Series 3 — 8 editions — 16 October 2001 to 4 December 2001 Special "Christmas comes early" — 21 December 1999 Special "Christmas in New York" — 20 December 2000 Special "Christmas Party" — 19 December 2001 Pukka Tukka was launched in 2000 on Channel 4 Oliver's Twist was launched 2002. Jamie's Kitchen was a five-part 2002 documentary series. It followed chef Jamie Oliver as he attempted to train a group of disadvantaged youth, who would, if they completed the course, be offered jobs at Oliver's new restaurant "Fifteen". This was followed by Return to Jamie's Kitchen in 2003.

Jamie's Kitchen Australia was a ten-part 2006 television series, similar to Jamie's Kitchen, that was based in and aired in Australia. Jamie's School Dinners (2005) was a four-part documentary series. Oliver took responsibility for running the kitchen meals in Kidbrooke School, Greenwich, for a year. Disgusted by the unhealthy fare being served to schoolchildren and the lack of healthy alternatives on offer, Oliver began a campaign to improve the standard of Britain’s school meals. Public awareness was raised, and, subsequent to Oliver's efforts, the British Government pledged to spend ï¿½280m on school dinners (spread over three years). Tony Blair himself acknowledged that this was a result of Oliver's campaign. Following the success of the campaign, Oliver was named "Most Inspiring Political Figure of 2005" in the Channel 4 Political Awards 2006. During the school dinners programme, Oliver's "Fifteen" London was visited by former US President Bill Clinton. Clinton asked to see Oliver; however, Oliver refused, as Clinton's party had asked for other diners to be removed to make room for their larger-than-agreed-upon group.

In episode 2 of Jamie's School Dinners, Clinton's party had 36 show up for a booking of 16 and many of them were on a South Beach Diet and did not want the special menu that had been prepared, even though the menu had been approved in advance. Jamie's Great Italian Escape, a six-part travelogue series, was first broadcast on Channel 4 in Britain in October 2005. It follows Jamie as he travels around Italy in a blue VW van (plus a trailer for cooking). Jamie is about to turn 30, and this is his personal adventure to rediscover his love of cooking. Jamie's Return To School Dinners Jamie's Chef (2007) was a four-part series continuing where Jamie's Kitchen left off. Five years and fifty trainees later, Oliver's most recent series aims to help the winning trainee establish their own restaurant at "the Cock", a pub near Braintree, Essex. The charitable Fifteen Foundation retains ownership of the property and has provided a ï¿½125,000 loan for the winner, Aaron Craze, to refurbish the establishment.

As of January 13, 2008, the Cock has closed down, and reopened as a regular pub. Jamie at Home (2007) featured Jamie presenting home-style recipes and gardening tips, with many ingredients coming from his substantial home garden. Jamie at Home airs on the Food Network in the United States. Due to licensing restrictions, only two recipes from each Jamie at Home episode will appear online; also, access to recipes is limited to users within the United States. Jamie's Fowl Dinners (2008) A special with Jamie backing Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's "Hugh's Chicken Run" in trying to get the British to eat free range chickens. Jamie's Ministry of Food (2008) was a four-part series was aired from 30 September to 21 October 2008. It was based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. Jamie aimed to make the town "the culinary capital of the United Kingdom" and tried to get the town's inhabitants to learn how to cook fresh food and establish healthy eating as part of daily life.

The 'Pass It On' campaign also featured in this series with the local townspeople being taught one of a selection of recipes and passing it on to family members and friends. The 'Pass It On' campaign gained a following on the social networking website Facebook which has a group and fan page with users signing up to chart their progress. What's Cooking? with Jamie Oliver (2008), a video game with Oliver narrating Jamie Saves Our Bacon (2009) Part of Channel 4's British Food Fight Season, a thematic sequel to Jamie's Fowl Dinners. In the special Jamie looks at the state of pig farming in the UK and EU. It was broadcast on 29 January 2009. Jamie's American Road Trip (2009) Channel 4 Series following Jamie who rather than visit fancy restaurants and top chefs, will be meeting, and learning from, real cooks making honest food for working people at street stalls, off-road diners and down-to-earth local restaurants. Along the way, he'll be picking up new recipes, and experiencing tastes old and new, as well as learn how other cultures adapt when they come to the USA.

Jamie's Family Christmas (2009) Channel 4 Short (5 episodes) Series with Jamie cooking traditional and new Christmas dishes. More unusually this series includes members of Jamie's family; a family member (wife, children, sister etc.) appears in a supporting role with the preparation of particular recipe interspersed with more traditional Jamie alone delivery to an off-camera person. First broadcast 15 December 2009. Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution is a series airing on ABC in the United States. In the first season, Oliver visits Huntington, West Virginia, statistically one of the unhealthiest cities in the USA to try to improve its residents' eating habits. In 2010, the show won an Emmy for Outstanding Reality Programme. It is also airing in the United Kingdom on Channel 4 under the title "Jamie's American Food Revolution." Jamie Does (2010) Channel 4 Series (6 episodes) following the success of Jamie's American Road Trip, Jamie is travelling across Europe and North Africa, cooking local dishes Other Television Appearances more ï¿½ ï¿½ less Jamie Oliver has twice guest-hosted Channel 4's The Friday Night Project.

He has also made two appearances in the "Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car" segment of BBC Two's Top Gear. His first appearance was notorious for his attempt to make a green salad in the back of his Volkswagen Microbus while the Stig drove it around the Top Gear test track. Oliver is the second British celebrity chef (after Robert Irvine) to appear as a challenger on Iron Chef America, taking on Iron Chef Mario Batali in 2008 in a losing battle with cobia as the theme ingredient. He is starring as one of the judges in the 2008 US series Oprah's Big Give hosted by Oprah Winfrey on ABC . Live Shows more ï¿½ ï¿½ less The Happy Days Live tour was Oliver's first live show in 2001 and included several dates in the UK and Australasia. Performing to sold-out venues, he cooked on stage and interacted with the audiences with competitions, music and special effects only usually seen in pop concerts. He took the audiences by surprise by singing and drumming to a song called Lamb Curry written by his longtime friend Leigh Haggerwood.

Oliver appears at the BBC good food show each year and took to the road once more in 2006 on an Australian tour where he performed in Sydney and Melbourne. Following the entertaining format of his first live show, the 2006 Australian tour featuring special guests including mentor Gennaro Contaldo, and students from Fifteen London. Jamie also performed a new song written by Leigh Haggerwood called Fish Stew which Jamie cooked to and also drummed along to at the end of the show. The shows were a great success and are featured in a one-off TV documentary called Jamie Oliver: Australian Diary. Controversy and Criticism more ï¿½ ï¿½ less In 2005, Oliver was widely criticised by animal rights groups for slaughtering a fully conscious lamb on his TV show, while PETA praised Oliver for showing the killing uncensored, believing it would scare meat eaters into becoming vegetarians. Jamie Oliver has been known for his comments about other chefs and has spoken out against Marco Pierre White, who has been critical of Oliver in the past, and the notorious swearing of Gordon Ramsay.

In 2005, Jamie Oliver embarked upon his school dinners campaign to improve the quality of food fed to pupils. While the campaign was arguably successful,at the time it was a highly controversial shake-up for students and parents, some of whom believed that the students should have a healthy option available, but still be given the choice as to what they want to eat. In September 2006, Rawmarsh Community School, South Yorkshire, UK, made headlines after a handful of parents revolted against Oliver's lunch plan (in which all 1,100 pupils on site were fed two portions of fruit and three vegetables every day) by delivering junk food from local shops to the pupils through the school fence. One parent dismissed Oliver's food as "disgusting rubbish" and declared, "Food is cheaper and better at the local takeaways.” Since his early years, his accent, which is often described as "mockney" or "fake cockney," has become famous...particularly the use of the Hindi word "pukka" (colloquially meaning "brilliant" or "solid", originally "cooked" or "ripe").

Scarlet Division more ï¿½ ï¿½ less In 1989 at age 13, Oliver and friend Leigh Haggerwood formed Scarlet Division, a Britpop/Rock band. Oliver played the drums in the group. Their single, "Sundial," reached number 42 on the UK pop charts in 2000. Shortly after, Oliver left the band to focus on his cooking career. The band reunited briefly in 2002, but broke up for good in 2003.

Something for the Weekend, ISBN 0-1410-2258-2 The Naked Chef, ISBN 0-7868-6617-9 The Return of the Naked Chef, ISBN 0-7181-4439-2 Happy Days with the Naked Chef, ISBN 0-7868-6852-X The Naked Chef Takes Off, ISBN 0-7868-6755-8 Jamie's Kitchen, ISBN 1-4013-0022-7 Cook With Jamie: My Guide to Making You a Better Cook , ISBN 0-7181-4771-5 Jamie's Little Book of Big Treats, ISBN 0-1410-3146-8 Jamie at Home: Cook Your Way to the Good Life, ISBN 978-0718152437 Jamie's Ministry of Food: Anyone Can Learn to Cook in 24 Hours, ISBN 978-0718148621 Published in America as Jamie's Food Revolution: Rediscover How to Cook Simple, Delicious, Affordable Meals,

 ISBN 978-1401323592 Jamie's Red Nose Recipes, ISBN 978-0141041780 Jamie's America, ISBN 978-0718154769 Stafford Hildred, Jamie Oliver: The Biography (2001) ISBN 1-903402-55-7 Gilly Smith, Jamie Oliver: Turning Up the Heat (2006) ISBN 0-233-00168-9 Gilly Smith, Jamie Oliver: The Kitchen Crusader (2006) ISBN 978-1-86200-414-6 Famous in world: Jamie Oliver(cook) Famous in world Celebrities information + Videoclips=Famous "in" World Tuesday, October 2, 2007 Jamie Oliver(cook) James Trevor Oliver MBE (May 27, 1975), better known as Jamie Oliver and nicknamed The Naked Chef, or Phaniphlap is an English celebrity chef.

He is well known for his role in campaigning against what he believes to be unhealthy, processed foods in British schools. Since his early years, his Essex accent has become infamous - particularly the use of the hindi word "pukka" (colloquially meaning "brilliant" or "solid", originally "cooked" or "ripe"). Biography Jamie Oliver was born in May 1975, and grew up in Clavering, Essex, where his parents owned a pub-restaurant, The Cricketers. From an early age, Oliver helped in the pub kitchen; by the time he was 11, he was adept at vegetable prep and could chop "like a demon". In 1989, Oliver formed the band Scarlet Division with best friend Leigh Haggerwood, and dreamed of pop stardom. He was the drummer of the band. However, by age 16, Oliver knew he wanted to be a chef, so he attended Westminster Catering College and then studied in France, learning as much as he could, before returning to London to work as head pastry chef for Antonio Carluccio at The Neal Street Restaurant.

After The Neal Street Restaurant, Oliver worked for Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers at the River Café for three and a half years; Oliver credits Gray and Rogers with teaching him to create the fresh and simple food which would become his signature. The result was "The Naked Chef", a cooking programme. Two highly successful seasons of "The Naked Chef" were filmed in 1998 and 1999. The popular series brought Oliver worldwide fame, and more television programmes and book deals followed. As of 2006, Oliver had six additional television series and eight books to his name. Now in 2007, he has a new TV show called "Jamie at Home," which shows people how easy it is to grow fresh produce from scratch and make good meals. He also has a book out with the same name. In 2005 Jamie Oliver received the prestigious Beacon Fellowship Prize for his contribution to disadvantaged young people, offering training and practical experience in the catering industry. Personal Life Jamie Oliver with JoolsOn 24 June 2000, Oliver married former model Juliette Norton, also known as "Jools".

The couple met in 1993 and have two daughters: Poppy Honey (born in March 2002) and Daisy Boo born in 11 April 2003. They live In Hampstead, London. After a brief appearance on "The Naked Chef", Oliver's band, Scarlet Division, was offered a record deal by Sony. Its debut single "Sundial" reached 42 in the UK charts, but, in spite of having been together for ten years, the band had trouble being taken seriously due to Oliver's fame as a chef, and was dropped by Sony. Soon after, Oliver asked Haggerwood to write the music for his new show, "Oliver's Twist". The series, a massive worldwi de success, featured Haggerwood's popular theme song "Just The Start". Wanting to create something positive' using his wealth and fame, Oliver conceived and established the Fifteen charity restaurant where he trains 15 disadvantaged young people to work in the hospitality industry.

Following the success of the original restaurant in London, more Fifteens have opened around the globe: Fifteen Amsterdam opened in December, 2004, Fifteen Cornwall in Newquay opened in May, 2006, and Fifteen Melbourne opened in September, 2006, with Australian friend and fellow chef, Tobie Puttock. The process of creating and opening the original Fifteen was documented in the series "Jamie's Kitchen". Next, Oliver began a formal campaign to ban unhealthy food in British schools and get kids eating fresh, tasty, nutritious food instead. Oliver's efforts to bring radical change to the school meals system, chronicled in the series "Jamie's School Dinners", challenged the junk food culture by showing schools they could serve healthy, cost-efficient meals that kids enjoyed eating. In June, 2003, Oliver was appointed an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List. Reputedly a multimillionaire, he has also written columns for The Times. A great proponent of fresh organic foods, in May, 2005, Oliver was named the most influential person in the UK hospitality industry when he topped the inaugural CatererSearch 100.

The list saw Oliver beating off Sir Francis Mackay, the then-chairman of the contract catering giant, Compass Group, which Oliver had soundly criticised in "Jamie's School Dinners". In 2006, Oliver dropped to 2nd on the list behind fellow celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay. Advertising From 2000, Jamie Oliver was the public face of the Sainsbury's supermarket chain in the UK, appearing on television and radio advertisements and in-store promotional material. The deal earned him an estimated £1.2 million every year. By 2004, the company had made 65 adverts with Jamie. Jamie Does - Jamie Oliver New hardcover cookbook Spain Italy France Morocco Greece Sweden There are no items in your shopping cart. Jamie Does - Jamie Oliver New hardcover cookbook Spain Italy France Morocco Greece Sweden Jamie Does - Jamie Oliver New hardcover cookbook Spain Italy France Morocco Greece Sweden JAMIE DOES ... Spain, Italy, Sweden, Morocco, Greece, France by Jamie Oliver See other international cookbooks click here Brand new hardcover book, 360 pages. Published 2010. Superb colour photos of food, people and places throughout.

Jamie says: The food I've embraced on each trip is a mixture of what you could call the clichéd star dishes - the tagines of Morocco, the flamboyant paella of Spain and the zingy fresh flavours of a classic Greek salad - and the recipes that I've been inspired to make after walking through the markets and soaking up the vibes of each place. What you'll find in this book is fun, optimistic, escapist food you can actually cook and enjoy in your own home. Jamie Does celebrates the vibrant food of six very different countries. Each chapter focuses on a different city or region: Marrakech, Athens, Venice, Andalucia, Stockholm and the Ardeche region of France. The food in each chapter isa mixture of classic dishes and new recipes inspired by the things Jamie learns on his travels. Beautiful reportage photography of the faces, places and ingredients accompanies each chapter. Jamie visited: Jamie Does ... is a UK publication. Measurements are in metric and metric cup & spoon About the author Jamie Oliver was born in May 1975, and grew up in Clavering, Essex, where his parents owned a pub-restaurant, The Cricketers.

From an early age, Oliver helped in the pub kitchen; by the time he was 11, he was adept at vegetable prep and could chop "like a demon". In 1989, Oliver formed the band Scarlet Division with best friend Leigh Haggerwood, and dreamed of pop stardom. He was the drummer of the band. However, by age 16, Oliver knew he wanted to be a chef, so he attended Westminster Catering College and then studied in France, learning as much as he could, before returning to London to work as head pastry chef for Antonio Carluccio at The Neal Street Restaurant. After The Neal Street Restaurant, Oliver worked for Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers at the River Cafe for three and a half years; Oliver credits Gray and Rogers with teaching him to create the fresh and simple food which would become his signature. The result was "The Naked Chef", a cooking programme. Two highly successful seasons of "The Naked Chef" were filmed in 1998 and 1999. The popular series brought Oliver worldwide fame, and more television programmes and book deals followed. As of 2006, Oliver had six additional television series and eight books to his name.

In 2007, he has a new TV show called " Jamie at Home ," which shows people how easy it is to grow fresh produce from scratch and make good meals. He also has a book out with the same name. In 2005 Jamie Oliver received the prestigious Beacon Fellowship Prize for his contribution to disadvantaged young people, offering training and practical experience in the catering industry. Oliver is married to former model Juliette Norton, also known as "Jools". The couple have 4 children. They live in Hampstead, London. After a brief appearance on "The Naked Chef", Oliver's band, Scarlet Division, was offered a record deal by Sony. Its debut single "Sundial" reached 42 in the UK charts, but, in spite of having been together for ten years, the band had trouble being taken seriously due to Oliver's fame as a chef, and was dropped by Sony. Soon after, Oliver asked Haggerwood to write the music for his new show, "Oliver's Twist". The series, a massive worldwide success, featured Haggerwood's popular theme song "Just The Start".

Wanting to create something positive' using his wealth and fame, Oliver conceived and established the Fifteen charity restaurant where he trains 15 disadvantaged young people to work in the hospitality industry. Following the success of the original restaurant in London, more Fifteens have opened around the globe: Fifteen Amsterdam opened in December, 2004, Fifteen Cornwall in Newquay opened in May, 2006, and Fifteen Melbourne opened in September, 2006, with Australian friend and fellow chef, Tobie Puttock . The process of creating and opening the original Fifteen was documented in the series "Jamie's Kitchen". Next, Oliver began a formal campaign to ban unhealthy food in British schools and get kids eating fresh, tasty, nutritious food instead. Oliver's efforts to bring radical change to the school meals system, chronicled in the series "Jamie's School Dinners", challenged the junk food culture by showing schools they could serve healthy, cost-efficient meals that kids enjoyed eating. In June, 2003, Oliver was appointed an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List. Reputedly a multimillionaire, he has also written columns for The Times.

A great proponent of fresh organic foods, in May, 2005, Oliver was named the most influential person in the UK hospitality industry when he topped the inaugural CatererSearch 100. The list saw Oliver beating off Sir Francis Mackay, the then-chairman of the contract catering giant, Compass Group, which Oliver had soundly criticised in "Jamie's School Dinners". Jamie has written for The Times, as well as for GQ and Marie Claire magazines. He currently writes for Delicious magazine in the UK and Australia. See other books by Jamie Oliver click here Jamie Does Spain, Italy, Sweden, Morocco, Greece, France by Jamie Oliver Cookbooks Australia has a great range of new, used and out of print recipe books to suit all tastes and palates. Basic, how-to and general cookbooks, international cuisines, favourite chefs and cooks, cake decorating and cupcake recipe books, slow cooker, pressure cooker, quick and easy, comfort food, cookbooks especially for chldren, Australian Women's Weekly recipe books, vintage old favourites from the CWA, Green and Gold, Commonsense Cookery Books.

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Question: Which British TV chef co-founded a band called ‘Scarlet Division’ in 1989?
Answer: Jamie Oliver